Manifolding salesman&#39;s check.



E. Z. LEWIS.

MANIFOLDING SALESMANS CHECK.

APPLIUATION'PILED APR. s, 1911. y

1,024,731 Patented APR 30, 1912.

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UNITED STA'IES OFFICE.

EDWARD ZUVER LEWIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 THE GENERAL MANI- FOLD AND PRINTING COMPANY, 0F FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

MANIFOLDING- SALESMANS CHECK. s

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr; 3o, 1912.l

Application filed April 8,1911. Serial No. 619,649.

of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Manifolding Salesmens Checks;A and I do hereby declare that the following is a full', clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying "drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, which-form aA part of this specification.

This invention relates to a manifoldlng salesmans check and the object of the invention is to provide a sales check' which is adapted not only to reproduce the original record made upon it in the form of a carbon copy upon thecheck located below the same, but which is also `provided with means to prevent anyk erasure without detect-ion, the erasure or attempted erasure producing on both sides of the original check an ineradicable smudge or blur that will call it to attention at a glance.'

As shown herein, my improved sales check is applied to a salesmans check of the kind described in Letters Patent No. 972,551, issued to me on October 11th, 1910,

and the particular check illustrated is one7 for meal service, such for example as used on dining cars. In said check there 1s provided the original check upon which the order is Writ-ten, two or more requisition checks, in this case cooks 4checks underlying said original check, upon which carbon impressions are made of what is written on lthe original check, and a backer or card to whlc'h t-he several checks are attached. After the order is written on the original check, the

carbon copy of the same is torn out and sentto the cook. If additional orders are written, there remains another requisition or cooks check which receives a carbon reproduction of what is added to the bill. After this is detached the tot-al is written on the original which is reproduced on the card.

The invention relates particularly to the construction of the original check and consists ofthe matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a manifolding salesmans check provided with my improvements. Fig, 2 is a view representing a top plan view of the original check. Fig. 3 is a view representlng a bottom plan View of the same.

Referring now in detail to the drawings,

A indicates the original check, B and C requisition or cooks checks, and D a cardbacker to which the several checks are secured by sta-ples c in the order named.

As illustrated in the drawings, the checks are printed as usual with any desired items and including any printed matter which may be required in the particular use to which the check is to be put.

As shown in the drawings, the original check A comprises a sheet which is divided on its front face into three sections E, F, G. The upper section E has printed upon it the usual data identifying the part-y in whose favor the check Vis issued,-for examplein this case the name of the railroad, the dining car number, train number and the like.

"I his upper section may also contain the date line.

,. The intermediate section F is ruled in shown as ruled horizontally by lines f forI the several items to be charged and vertically to provide a column f in which to write then-number of portions, a wider column ,f2 for the article charged for, anda column f3 at the right for the amount to be charged for each article. At the bottom is a -space for the total. A The bottom section is printed with dupli- Cate punch checks in each of which may be punched t-he total amount of the bill, one of which is preferably made detachable by a line of perforations g and is to be handed to the purchasenf I The intermediate section F containing a list ofl thev articles charged for and thev amounts,y charged is the one upon which there is danger of a dishonest salesman, in thls case, the waiter, chan'gingfpor attempt- 'ing t-o change an item after it has been writ,-

ten. To make such' change or alteration impossible without ready detection, I proi vide on thesection F, comprising that part of the check upon which the items purchased and the amounts charged are to be written, a thin, light-colored coating F of wax or the like. Said waxy coating is preferably of such consistency that it. is not displaced, removed or'scraped from the surface of the section F on which it -is applied by the point of a pencil or other device used in writing thereon. The point ot' the pencil or other device ivhen Writing does not act as al stylus to remove the coating. The niark produced by the lead of the pencil or other device in writing is made on the top surface of the coating. Said mark being once made on the said coating cannot be erased Without leaving an unsightly blur or smudge when the eraser is used, which ivill make the fact that'an erasure has been made atv once apparentv upon aV glance at the check.

When an eraser is rubbed over that part of the face of the check covered by the coatin F in order to erase a mark, the coinbined effect of the rubber of the eraser and of the carbon particles of the mark upon the wax coating is to produce a dark, dirty smudge on the surface of the wax, and continued rubbing, While it may lighten the tone of the smudge, cannot remove the effect of the erasure on the surface of the Wax which will always be plainly apparent. Even it by continued rubbing the wax coating be entirely removed about the point where the erasure Was made, the exposed surface of the paper will have an entirely different appearance to the eye from that of the surrounding smooth Wax surface which will make the detection of the erasure absolutely certain.

The rear face J of the original check is provided with a coating of transfer material, preferably a carbon film or coating K adapted tol produce carbon impressions on the sheet lying next belenY said original check. Preferably said carbon film extends only over the part ofthe check which is beneath the part of the obverse side which is to be Written upon, this including in this case the section F and the lower part of the section E on which the car number, train number and date are to be Written.

Any erasure or attempt at erasure on the original check will blur both sides of the original check, the rubbing of the eraser on the 'tace ot the original check causing a mark or blur on the carbon coating on the back of the same which will be substantially a reproduction of the mark or blur produced by the eraser on its tace.

By omitting the wax l'llni or coating on the top and bottom sections E, G, of the original check, parts are lett for notation, remarks or other matter not required to be reproduced on the requisition check or checks and for conveniently handling the original check Without touching the tilms or coatings of the check. l

l claim as my invention zl. ln a manil'olding sales check including an original and one or more duplicate checks, an original check consisting ot a sheet provided on its top face With a light colored Waiclilte coating adapted to be Written upon, and said sheet being provided on its back with a coating of transfer material.

Q. ln a manitolding sales check including an original and one or more duplicate checks7 an original check consisting of a sheet provided on its top face with a' light colored Wax-like coating adapted to be written upon, saidn Wan-like coating covering the interi'nediate part of the tace ot the sheet which is designed to be Written upon and leaving the parte ot the sheet above and below said intermediate part tree of said Waxlike coating., and said sheet being provided on its baclr with a coating of transfer material located directly beneath the said Wax* like coating on its face.

ln testimony, that l claim the foregoing as my invention l alhx my presence of two Witnesses, April il, 1911.

@Bl/VAR@ ZUVER LEWVI S.

this Z.lth day ot signature in the 

